worst car name ever has been surpassed

cantdecide

Jeep Patriot

FX Meister

So whats the worst car name and what's the name that surpasses it?
Is this a game?

Land Rover Defender.

Volvoboy

Chryseler Neon?


Fiat Panda?


Volkswagen Thing?


-VB-

Zaph

Sorry lads, you're all wrong, the worst is the Ssangyong Rexton

Wishbone Ash

Datsun Fairlady!
Bentley R Type

Par72

I always thought the Toyota Emina was the worst name ever. The name is just so reminiscent of enema.

Henry Ford III

Diahatsu Applause was a bad one.

Mitsubishi Carisma another contender.

Do-more

Mazda Bongo Frendee!:D

blastman

Toyota Cedric!

Wishbone Ash

Wartburg 311
Subaru Forester

OKenora

Vauxhall Nova, well it's terrible if you are Spanish as Nova mean "won't go" more or less. then again in english it means something that looks great but blows up......

Mr. Presentable

I thought it was VW Toerag

galwayrush

Ford Probe.
There was another Ford Name out a few years ago, but i can't think of it, apparently in Brazil it was a slang word for Vagina.

FOGOFUNK

Renault Chamade

Citroen Berlingo

Wishbone Ash

galwayrush wrote:

There was another Ford Name out a few years ago, but i can't think of it, apparently in Brazil it was a slang word for Vagina.

Ford Contour?

Victor

Of course KIA means "Killed in Action".

Wishbone Ash

JMC Landwind
Lancia Thesis
Fiat Idea
Ssangyong Rodius

Guy:Incognito

Henry Ford III wrote:

Mitsubishi Carisma another contender.

How could a name that ironic be bad?

unkel

OKenora wrote:

it's terrible if you are Spanish as Nova mean "won't go"

Now look up what Mitsubishi Pajero means in Spanish

OKenora

Yes unkel, that does explain why it's called the Mitsubishi Montero in Spain and South America, always said though that the Mitsubishi designers were a bunch of Pajeros..... (EVOS excluded you just need some insanity to make a car like that)

JHMEG

nipplenuts wrote:

I thought it was VW Toerag

And here was me thinking it was the VW Phaetus

TJJP

Mitsubishi Legnum always made me wonder. Uncomfortable seating position perhaps....

http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/corporate/museum/products/1990/e/popup/086_legnum.html

Tabnabs

Dodge Ram
Proton Jumbuck
Alfasud
Rover Streetwise
Suzuki (all of them!!)
Toyota Picnic

Rowley Birkin QC

My god, im drunk as a caterpillar and i still know that the Wagon R+ is the stupidest name for a car there is.

ctc_celtic

Isuzu Big horn
Honda Life Dump:eek:
Suzuki Alto Afternoon Tea
Mitsubishi Lettuce
Mazda Bongo brawny
Mum 500 shall we join us? (yes, the question mark is part of the name)

all JDM only names but all true, google if you done believe me:D .

TJJP

ctc_celtic wrote:

Isuzu Big horn.

LOL, forgot about the 'Big Horn'. I'm from the bog and in our language that means something....

ctc_celtic

TJJP wrote:

LOL, forgot about the 'Big Horn'. I'm from the bog and in our language that means something....

think that means something in everybody's language (but obviously not Japaneses people):D

Duiske

OKenora wrote:

Vauxhall Nova, well it's terrible if you are Spanish as Nova mean "won't go" more or less. then again in english it means something that looks great but blows up......

Deadly

Apparenty the Fiat Regatta was not a big hit with swedish women, with regatta meaning Bitch.

Rovi

Honda CR-V EX

bazz26

Honda HIV (I mean HRV).

Nissan Bluebird

Nissan Sylvia

Canis Lupus

Henry Ford III wrote:

Diahatsu Applause was a bad one.

The clap

eamon234

let's not forget the Renault Twingo!

Owen

You're all wrong. The single worst company for coming up with names is Daewoo. Not only did the manufacturers name sound ridiculous, but the model names were worse. "Tacuma, Nubira, Leganza, Matiz" ... idiots. No wonder the brand flopped over here.

Max_Damage

Datsun Violet
Mitsubishi Starion
Renault Le Car (It was what the Renault 5 was called in the States)
Eagle Medallion (American Renault 21)
Skoda Roomster
Subaru Justy
Mitsubishi Pajero ('wanker' in Spanish!)
Reliant Robin
Hyundai Getz
Hyundai Terracan

Zaph

There's a good article about silly car names on the Channel 4 website here

crosstownk

unkel wrote:

Now look up what Mitsubishi Pajero means in Spanish

Very true. I know it used to be called a Montana in Spanish speaking countries. Not surprising, nobody wants to be seen driving a w*nker!!

DukeDredd

TVR. It's short for Trevor (Wilkinson)!

bazz26

Nissan had a good share of them:

Cherry, Sentra, Stanza, Sunny, Cube.

Mazda had a large MPV inspiringly called MPV. :rolleyes:

Others that come to mind:- Austin Alegro, Mitsubishi Chariott (Spacewagon in Europe), VW Darby.

fricatus

Dyflin wrote:

Suzuki (all of them!!)

Hehe, quite true... I mean "Jimny", for cryin' out loud!

I saw an ad today for the Chevy Captiva. I'm sure Alan Johnston won't be buying one any time soon

maidhc

Morris Garages?

colm_mcm

How about the Volkswagen Rabbit (U.S Golf)

David Michael

ned78 wrote:

You're all wrong. The single worst company for coming up with names is Daewoo. Not only did the manufacturers name sound ridiculous, but the model names were worse. "Tacuma, Nubira, Leganza, Matiz" ... idiots. No wonder the brand flopped over here.

Going to have to correct you here. They were as far removed from a flop as you could want.
They did very well when they launched. The brand was a huge sucess and I think the CEO won entrepreneur of the year or man of the year in one of the big business mags due to the fact they went from 0 to something like 3% market share in two or so years. Which equated to knocking out about 10,000or so cars. Not really a flop.

It was the crisis in Korea which filtered down to the market and hurt consumer confidence that slammed the brakes on around 2001.

_Kaiser_

Semi-related...

Do YOU name your car?

Ever since I got my big beautiful black Passat , female friends keep asking me what I call it/her. When I insist that she doesn't have or need a name, they look at me as if I'm mad!

Is it just a female thing?

Owen

David Michael wrote:

Going to have to correct you here. They were as far removed from a flop as you could want.They did very well when they launched. The brand was a huge sucess and I think the CEO won entrepreneur of the year or man of the year in one of the big business mags due to the fact they went from 0 to something like 3% market share in two or so years. Which equated to knocking out about 10,000or so cars. Not really a flop.

In numerical terms, they held their own with the likes of Honda (Source : SIMI), but the brand as a whole was just lost. Clarkson used to revel the opportunity to say 'Dae' with a stern serious face, and 'woooooooooooo' with a huge smile, just to ridicule how absurd the name was.

prospect

ned78 wrote:

In numerical terms, they held their own with the likes of Honda (Source : SIMI), but the brand as a whole was just lost. Clarkson used to revel the opportunity to say 'Dae' with a stern serious face, and 'woooooooooooo' with a huge smile, just to ridicule how absurd the name was.

"That will be the Day-wooooooooooo"

Bloody annoying..

Owen

prospect wrote:

"That will be the Day-wooooooooooo"

Bloody annoying..

If it wasn't annoying, it wouldn't be Clarkson, now would it?

racso1975

Yaris Verso
Xsara picasso
peugeot boxer
ford cougar
nissan fairlady

Stephen

Whoever said Skoda Roomster wins. What a stupid, stupid name.

prospect

ned78 wrote:

If it wasn't annoying, it wouldn't be Clarkson, now would it?

I am talking about the Adverts, that was the catchphrase.... uuuughhh *shudders*

Owen

racso1975 wrote:

ford cougar

I actually thought that was a good name for a car.

David Michael

ned78 wrote:

In numerical terms, they held their own with the likes of Honda (Source : SIMI), but the brand as a whole was just lost. Clarkson used to revel the opportunity to say 'Dae' with a stern serious face, and 'woooooooooooo' with a huge smile, just to ridicule how absurd the name was.

Don't want to fall out with you but the figures from SIMI 2000 show that Daewoo achieved a remarkable success with their brand. Those figures are the most (if only) available tool for measuiring said brand success. Not Clarkson. He just had an opinion.

Didn't really come on here to discuss brands but to point that it was incorrect to say the "flopped" here due to their name or what every. They very much didn't.

TOYOTA	253	25844	11.20%
FORD	67	25296	10.96%
NISSAN	144	24190	10.48%
VW	67	22761	9.86%
OPEL	143	21775	9.43%
FIAT	81	17259	7.48%
RENAULT	45	14194	6.15%
PEUGEOT	20	9892	4.29%
HYUNDAI	12	7435	3.22%
DAEWOO	5	6781	2.94%
SEAT	19	6240	2.70%
MITSUBISHI	10	5627	2.44%
CITROEN	10	4809	2.08%
MAZDA	10	4614	2.00%
ROVER	12	4539	1.97%
SKODA	29	4503	1.95%
MERCEDES	3	4218	1.83%
BMW	11	4005	1.74%
HONDA	4	3318	1.44%
ALFA ROMEO	14	2645	1.15%
AUDI	9	2260	0.98%
SUZUKI	6	2156	0.93%
VOLVO	6	2012	0.87%
SAAB	3	974	0.42%
DAIHATSU	2	933	0.40%
SUBARU	1	877	0.38%
LEXUS	0	569	0.25%
JAGUAR	0	298	0.13%
CHRYSLER JEEP	1	231	0.10%
ISUZU	1	133	0.06%
MG	0	56	0.02%
PORSCHE	0	40	0.02%
KIA	0	2	0.00%
SSANGYONG	0	0	0.00%